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Avowed
I never played Pillars of Eternity, so when Avowed showed up offering a whole new angle on its universe, my reaction was pretty much that of a shrug. I’m so glad I jumped into it though, because not only have I loved playing it through, it’s also gotten me invested...
Civilization, a video game franchise about navigating successive eras of human development, has been around long enough that it can be defined in ages and epochs of its own. Civilization 7, the latest in the series’ 34-year run, evolves the series in a lot of small ways that feel very...
Forgive me in advance, for I couldn’t resist: the original Citizen Sleeper was indeed a sleeper hit, a narrative choose-your-own-adventure journey that I picked up simply because it happened to be on Xbox Game Pass. I fell in love almost instantly, enraptured in its sci-fi, ever so dystopian world.
It’s an understatement to say that 2025 has been rough… and brace yourselves, because we’re still in January. As people, for some inexplicable reason, bother to debate whether or not Elon Musk threw up two Nazi salutes at Trump’s inauguration (he did), Sniper Elite Resistance has come out at a perfect...
Updated review [15 January 2025]: Another system, another version of a classic. 2010’s Donkey Kong Country Returns first debuted on the Wii, before 2013’s Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D spiced things up on the 3DS. Now, 2025 offers another chance to play — and with less difficulty, even compared to the 3DS version — thanks...
I love a good gamification of fitness, and still to this day mourn the loss of Xbox Fitness. I’m also nearly in tears reading as 31-year-old me laments the challenges of ageing and potential weight gains that could some as a result; honey, this 42-year-old pandemic survivor would like a word or...
In many ways it’s incredible that STALKER 2 Heart of Chornobyl is here today at all. The latest entry in the STALKER series and the direct sequel to 2009’s STALKER Call of Pripiat, it was originally slated for release way back in 2012.
In the lead-up to the reveal of the Switch 2 (or Super Switch, or whatever your personal conspiracy theory titles it), Nintendo players have been eating WELL in 2024. From Unicorn Overlord to Shin Megami Tensei V to Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom and 1000xRESIST, it’s been a year of...
Guerrilla Games ends up doing a lot of heavy lifting for Sony’s newest consoles. Killzone Shadow Fall led a launch effort for the PS4, and its newest, Horizon Zero Dawn, is the poster child for the recently released PS4 Pro. While firmly rooted in science-fiction, Horizon strays from the beaten path,...
It’s easy to see Dragon Age The Veilguard as a make-or-break moment for BioWare. For a long time, the studio was known known as the go-to studio for RPGs, with huge titles like Mass Effect, Baldur’s Gate 2 and Knights of the Old Republic under their belts. It’s been a...
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 is a spectacular return to form, after Modern Warfare 3 fumbled blurring the line between expansion and sequel. We were ready for something different, and that’s exactly what it has delivered with speedy and satisfying multiplayer and a highly engaging and well-paced espionage thriller...
